French midfielder suspended for overuse of drip treatment Nasri suspended by UEFA for six months, but can appeal Former France international Samir Nasri has been banned from football for six months for an anti-doping violation dating from 2016. Uefa says Nasri has been found guilty of using a “pr...

Arsène Wenger’s side were beaten by Manchester City at Wembley – in a cup final where the losers were so instantly and unequivocally the story An odd thing happened at Wembley as Manchester City’s players celebrated their EFL Cup final win at the final whistle. Turning away from the gleeful blue...

Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was on the losing side again as his side were defeated by Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday. The Frenchman has won the FA Cup seven times along with three Premier League trophies, but the League Cup and European success still eludes him Continue reading

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has vowed to continue wearing the yellow ribbon in support of the Catalan referendum despite receiving an FA sanction last week. Guardiola defended his right to wear the ribbon following City's Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday • Guardi...

• Manchester City manager still wearing ribbon after Friday’s charge • Sanctions would become stiffer with each guilty verdict Pep Guardiola could be sanctioned further for continuing to wear a yellow ribbon in defiance of Football Association’s rules, with Manchester City’s manager facing a pote...

Arsenal’s tactics rattled Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final until an error allowed Agüero to score – though City may be good enough to win in the face of any barriers Football is full of Sliding Doors moments. What if Paul Gascoigne had stretched two inches further and got his toe to that...

England hopefuls have a mixed afternoon, confusion for Serge Aurier and Romelu Lukaku finally does it against a top-six team The weight of goals that Sergio Agüero has scored against Arsenal, with Sunday’s strike a fifth in five matches, should have raised Shkodran Mustafi’s awareness of the Arge...

• Guardiola: ‘Winning titles helps you to win more, that’s true’ • City manager will continue to wear pro-Catalan ribbon Pep Guardiola believes that Manchester City’s 3-0 Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley can fire the club’s push for a treble of trophies this season. The manager said...

Kompany at his best as he and his fellow longstanding team-mates Sergio Agüero and David Silva ease past Arsenal On an icy, full-throated afternoon at Wembley Manchester City produced a kind of medley-triumph, a run-through of the greatest hits of the new age en route to the first trophy of the P...

At the final whistle, Pep Guardiola carried the air of a man who was perfectly accustomed to these kind of occasions. He embraced his staff, he clasped the hand of the losing manager, Arsène Wenger, and then he made his way on to the pitch to congratulate the players who had delivered him the fir...

Manchester City’s new centre-half left home at 11 to pursue his dream of being a footballer. Now he wants his first trophy in the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal As one door closes another one opens for Aymeric Laporte, dumped out of the FA Cup on a hectic night at Wigan on Monday but now in li...

Chelsea let two-goal lead slip but remain a point ahead of City Teenager Stanaway rescues point for City with thumping strike Georgia Stanway struck a stunning equaliser for Manchester City as Chelsea let a commanding lead slip to draw 2-2 in an entertaining match between first and second in the...

Manchester City are the favourites and yet, despite the jolts and the latest crash against Östersund on Thursday, there is a part of every Arsenal fan that will watch in hope. Arsène Wenger’s side have bucked the odds in recent Wembley cup showpieces and whatever Wigan can do to City, so can they...

The Ukrainian, who may feature in the Carabao Cup final, recalls months in limbo without a club after war in the region forced him to leave Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksandr Zinchenko’s challenging career-arc from war-torn Donetsk to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City featured him drawing inspiration from...

The Arsenal manager says players matter more than coaches as he aims to ‘create a surprise’ in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final So, Arsène Wenger. Do you think Pep Guardiola has raised the bar in terms of elite-level football over the past 10 years? The question was designed to draw an insight from the...

• Guardiola wore ribbon in solidarity with Catalan leaders • FA says message was in breach of its kit and advertising regulations Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been charged by the Football Association for wearing a political message. The FA said in a statement that the yellow ribbon w...

If Guardiola’s first season was about bedding in, the accent now is on trophies and the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal could be the first of three in a matter of months for City If Manchester City beat Arsenal in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final their quest to become English football’s second most s...

Who is wasted? What did RB Leipzig build? And where is Ailsa Craig? Related: Spot the sport – take our Winter Olympics picture quiz Manchester City are hoping to win their first trophy under Pep Guardiola on Sunday in the League Cup final. How many times has Arsène Wenger won the competition? Non...

• PGMOL unlikely to consider retrospective upgrading of cards • City claim there has been dangerous run of tackles on their players Manchester City have been granted a meeting with the governing body of Premier League referees to discuss Pep Guardiola’s concern regarding tackles made against his...